Author: Robert Winter
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780520209169
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Anti-commercial and anti-modern, the California Arts and Crafts Movement drew upon the decorative schemes of English Tudor, Swiss chalet, Japanese temple, and Spanish mission, evoking an earlier time before modern industry and technology intruded. This book celebrates the Movement with chapters on architects such as Bernard Maybeck, Charles and Henry Greene, John Galen Howard, and Julia Morgan. 365 duotone photos.
Author: David Travers
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783822826782
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Limited to 5,000 numbered copies, this collection is a comprehensive record of midcentury American architecture. TASCHEN presents its facsimile edition of John Entenza's groundbreaking magazine Arts & Architecture (1945-1954), which launched the Case Study House Program.
Author: Michael Webb
Publisher:
Published: 2007-04
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Venice, California, is one of the most vibrant and distinctive communities in the U.S. This is an exploration of the original and captivating approach to lifestyle, architecture, and design.
Author: Elizabeth Armstrong
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783791338781
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"When we think of the gardens of Southern California, we tend to think of the enormous semiarid landscapes of the Huntington and Rancho Los Alamitos, often built on the sprawling grounds of former ranches. But there is another garden tradition in Southern California: the modest, rectangular suburban plots designed by the most famous architects of mid-century modernism: Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, Gregory Ain, Raphael Soriano, Harwell Hamilton Harris, A. Quincy Jones, and John Lautner. These architects saw the garden as an outdoor extension of the space of the houses they designed, rather than a neo-Spanish fantasy to be added later by a "landscapist." Their modern gardens made use of low-maintenance, drought-resistant plants, and made room for informal outdoor living by children and adults with an emphasis on recreation and exercise. Private Landscapes profiles nineteen significant gardens and their accompanying houses by these celebrated architects. Using archival photographs and newly commissioned color images, along with plans and details of restorations and reinterpretations. Private Landscapes provides a never-before-seen look at these landmark gardens. As beautiful and practical now as they were 50 years ago, these designs continue to provide inspiration for gardeners and designers everywhere."--Book jacket.